Safety pulley-line extension.



C. W. MORSE.

SAFETY PULLEY LlNE EXTENSION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1915.

Patented J uly 10, 1917.

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SAFETY PULLEY LINE EXTENSION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. I915.

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CHARLES W. MORSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SAFETY PULLEY-LINE EXTENSION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917..

Application filed October 25, 1915 Serial No. 57,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I CHARLES W. Monsn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the county of Kings. borough of Brook lvn, city and State of New'York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Pulley-Line Extensions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pulley line extensions for attachment to the frame of a window or other support co-nnected with a building for supporting a clothes line and pulley of the class com-v monly in use in tenement buildings for hang ing clothes or other articles thereon, where one end of a double line is fixed to the building and the other end is secured by a pulley to a support removed from the building so as to allow an extended line for hanging articles thereon to be stretched'between the building and the other support. I j

The object of my invention isprimarily to provide a safedevice for hanging clothing whereby to avoid the liability of accidents such as frequently occur where such pulley lines are used, owing to the fact that the pulley is usually placed outside the window and the line extending outwardly therefrom a person is required to reach and lean out of a window to hang clothes upon the line. so

that persons often lose their balance and fall from the window and sustain serious if not fatal injuries thereby.

By using my improved safety pulley line extension, the danger is avoided as by means of this device the pulley and line supported thereon areprojected inwardly of the'building through the window for hanging articles on the line and after the articles have been hung on the line the parts are so adjusted that the pulley and line areoutside the window so that the window may be closed while the articles remain upon the line.

A further object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive device simple of construction and easily attached or removable from a building and portable, as well as one that may be readily and easily adjusted as required for use. e

And a further object is to'provide a device which when the pulley is placed outside the window for closing the window, the

change in the position of theparts will tend to overcome the slackening of the line that would ordinarily result from changing the position of the pulley from the place where it is fixed inside the window; to the position outside the window.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying rawings, forming a part of this specification in which;

Flgurel, is a side elevation of the extension bar employed in my device, showing pulleys attached for carrying a clothes line;

Fig. 2, is a connecting rod for supporting the extension bar in a horizontal position through the opening of the window;

Fig. 3 is a view of one of the hooks used to support the extension bar in position relative to the window frame; n

Fig. 4 is a view of'the hook used to support the connecting rod;

Fig.5, is a view of a post used to support the hook for the extension banand for retaining the bar in position upon its support and to prevent the parts from moving from their proper relative position;

Fig. 6 is a view of a modified form of the hook for the extension bar such as is used upon frame buildings;

Fig. 7, is a sectional view of a window showing my device applied thereto and in position for hanging articles upon the line; the dotted lines showposition of parts after articles have been hung;

Fig. 8, is a sectional view of a window showing a modified form of my device applied thereto and in position for hanging articles upon the line; the dotted lines show the" position of the parts after the articles have been hung;

Fig. 9, is a fragmentary perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the manner in which the post is employed for supporting the hook for the extension bar;

Fig. 10, is a perspective view of a window showing the device applied to a frame building, wherein the form of supporting'hook shown in Fig. 6, is used;

' Fig. 11, is a perspective view showing a simplified form of construction of my device. in position for hanging clothes or other articles upon the line;

7 Fig. 12 is a sectional view of a window showing the form of my device illustrated in Fig. 11. but showing the parts in position for closing the window after the articles have been hung on the line.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu hout the several views.

A Referring" to the drawings the extension bar A; is lirovidfed with openings 02.;- upcu is disposed thereon as shown in Fig. 7 of the .drawings so that the bar will be supported thereon by its upper'end and normally hang in a vertical :position upon the heck. The postal) is then set-in the window Qframein such a manner that the end portion d is disposed through the loop 0 of the screw-hook 6; this serves to prevent the bar Affro n becoming'displaced and also to prevent the fulcrum hook from turning and moving from its position when a strain is exerted thereon incident to supporting articles upon a line supported upon the bar and pulleys as will behereinafter described.

The Connecting rod'E is securedto the inside portion of the window frame by the open hook F and the angularly disposed extension 6 of the rod is placed in the opening in thefree endof the bar so that the bar A is-thereby' supportedin a horizontal positionwith the free end extending inwardly through the window asshown in Fig. 7. The clothes line r, is disposed through the pulleys B and through another pulley (not shown) stationed outside the building in the manner now commonly practised and the ends brought together so as to provide a continuous double line that may be passed successively through the pulleys for placing articles thereon at the portion thereof nearest the building after which the line is drawn'through the pulley so that the articl i moved a distance from the window and other articles may .then be placed upon theunoccupied line adjacent the building, which operation is repeated until the desired number of articles-are hung on the line. This as may be seen can be accomplished by aperson without reaching outside the building through the window, as in eases where'this device is not employed.

WVhen the desired number of articleshave been placed fupon'the line the connecting rod E is disengaged from'theend of the barA. and the free end of the bar is swung downwardly to its normal vertical position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7 and the lower end is disposed inthe keeper C which is similar to the fulcrum hook C whiehsupports the bariA at its upper end.

I The keeper G however is set so that the 100p 0 is disposed; in a horizontal plane and directed outwardly with the open portion of thehookf disposed inwardly so that the free end of the bar may be disposed therein and prevented from moving'when a strain is exerted upon the line. The window may now be closed while thearticles remain upon the line, and when it is desired to remove the articles therefrom it is opened and the bar readjusted in its horizontal position extending inwardly through the window and secured by means of the connecting rod E and the articles may then be removed from the line by first removing the article nearest the extreme inward portion thereof, after which the line is drawn through the pulleys so that the articles thereon are moved inwardly so that they may be reached successively by a person inside thewindow, so that it is not necessary at any time for persons to endanger their safety by reaching out through a window for hanging articles upon or removing them from. the line.

The application and use of the fulcrum hook C with the extended loop 0 and the post D with the angular-1y disposed end (I, c

the position of the pulley adjacent the upper end or the outer end as t may be of the bar'A, from one of the openings intermediate the ends of the bar, and placing it at the extreme end of the bar, it is then possible to secure the bar upon the fulcrum hook by means of one of the intermediate openings as illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings The object of this provision is to make it possible to take up the slackness in the line occasioned by swinging the inwardly disposed free end of the bar outwardly and downwardly so as to assume the vertical position in the window frame outside the window sash. The slackne s of the line occasioned by this movement of the bar is counteractedby the upward and inward movement of the pulley on the outer end of the bar to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 8. V

In Fig. 10 is shown the application of my device to a frame building. When the device is to be applied to a frame building the form of fulcrum hook and keeper shown in Fig. 6 is employed. The fulcrum-hook H has an arm I extending at a right angle to the screw-threaded post and said arm has the extended loop J thereon. In practical use of my invention as embodying this modification the fulcrum-hook is seated in the outer surface of the window frame at a suitable height so that the loop J of the hook extends inwardly of the frame. The bar A is then disposed thereon as shown in Fig. 10 being fulcrumed at its upper end, the opposite end being free to swing into a horizontal position inwardly of the window for being connected with the rod G as required to place articles upon the line. or to hang vertically from the fulcrum hook when disconnected from the rod. To retain the free end of the bar in its proper position and prevent it from swinging outwardly of the window frame by the tension of the line the keeper H is provided which is constructed similarly to the fulcrum-hook H, and having the arm I and the loop J, said keeper H being set in the building in the same manner as the fulcrum-hook H and the free end of the bar is disposed therein as shown in the drawing for retaining the bar in the desired position for supporting the line and articles thereon.

A further modification of my device is shown in Figs. 11 and 12 of the drawings. In this form of the device the bar A may be constructed of wood or any suitable material, and the eyes 1 and 2 provided at its opposite ends. The pulley 3 is secured rigidly to the bar as shown or may be secured to it in any desired manner at a point near the eye 1 of the bar. The connecting rod used is the same as that used in the other forms of the device. To use the device the eye 2 is disposed upon the fulcrumhook C the same as used in the other form of my device shown in Figs. 3, 7 8 and 9, of the drawings, and a keeper C the same as that shown in the figures aforesaid is provided for retaining the free end of the bar in its proper position when disposed vertically in the window frame outside the sash. A line is strung through the pulley in the usual manner and when it is desired to place articles thereon the bar is swung inwardly and the rod C connected with the eye 1 thereof and the line is then in position so that a person may place articles thereon or remove the same therefrom without reaching outwardly through the window thereby being endangered by liability of falling from the window.

In this specification I have described certain modifications of my device, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the specific form of construction as herein described and shown in the drawings, but claim as my invention such modifications and deviations from the forms of the device herein shown and described as may properly fall within the scope thereof, as more specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

' I claim A safety pulley line extension, comprising a flat bar having a plurality of spaced openings throughout its entire length, a bracket adapted to pivotally support the bar in a window frame, so that the fiat surface of the bar will be disposed against the frame, said openings serving to permit the fulcruming of the bar at variable positions relative to the bracket, and also serving as means for removably connecting pulleys to the bar at variable positions for taking up slackness of a line supported thereby; a rod removably supported on the window frame and having a finger adapted for engaging one of the openings in the bar whereby the bar may be supported in a longitudinal position through the window frame, and means for securing the bar in a Vertical position outside the window, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES W. MORSE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE J. Hns'rnnenno, JAMES F. NUJENT.

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